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Search for divers missing in Scapa Flow Search for divers missing in Scapa Flow suspended
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Emergency services are searching an area of Scapa Flow in Orkney for two divers who have gone missing. An air and sea search for two divers missing in an area of Scapa Flow in Orkney has been suspended.
Both the Stromness lifeboat and the Sumburgh-based search and rescue helicopter have been called to the scene. The divers had been on the wreck of a German battleship, the SMS Brummer - which is lying in 36m of water - but failed to surface.
The divers had been on the wreck of a German battleship, the SMS Brummer, which is lying in 36m of water, but failed to surface. The Stromness lifeboat and the Sumburgh-based Coastguard search and rescue helicopter had been involved in search operations.
Scapa Flow was used in both world wars as a main harbour for the British Navy.Scapa Flow was used in both world wars as a main harbour for the British Navy.
The pair were due to surface from their dive at about 16:20, but the alarm raised soon after when they failed to appear. The two missing divers had been due to surface at about 16:20 on Tuesday, but the alarm raised soon after when they failed to appear.